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There are also stud females, too.Cgoodwin (talk) 22:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion

I'm personally of mixed feelings on the move. There is a good argument for putting three little articles into one. I like that. The Stud manager article, though, is sort of a people/job article, and what I wish we had was an article about equine occupations to merge that one into, or maybe merge that one into stud farm instead. I think stud fee could be merged into this one ok, though. Just thoughts. Montanabw^(talk) 04:36, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merging stub articles on basically the same subject, under different sub-headings, seems like plain good common sense to me. Some 'stubs' just can't be expanded into a decent article, for lack of anything more to say about them (anything verifiable, anyway!) (ThatPeskyCommoner (talk) 12:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Live cover?

Apparently horse breeders say a stallion "covers" a mare when he impregnates her, yet when I look up the definition of "cover" in the dictionary, I don't find that usage. Could someone knowledgeable add information about the use of the verb and noun "cover" when referring to studs? Does it apply to other animals? DBlomgren (talk) 17:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The terminology is that "cover" refers to the act of mating (the stallion "covers" the mare), particularly when with human supervision (usually to keep the animals from injuring one aother). I don't know about other animals. It is technical language, as you can see [ http://www.thehorse.com/articles/15715/live-cover-management here] and [1]. I suppose we should add the term to the Glossary of equestrian terms. I sort of have other fish to fry, so if anyone else wants to do it, go ahead (just be sure to footnote it). Montanabw ^(talk) 00:22, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]